Mathews Journal of Cardiology Abolition of Intractable Ventricular Tachycardia by Coronary Stenting Majed Hassine1, Mehdi Boussaada1, Sahar Ben Kahla1, Zohra Dridi1, Fethi Betbout1, Habib Gamra1 1Cardiology Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Cardiothrombosis Research Laboratory (LR12SP16), University of Monastir, Tunisia. Corresponding Author: Majed Hassine, Cardiology Departme...

Amel Ben Abda Laboratoire de Modélisation et de Simulation Numériques dans les Sciences de l’Ingénieurs Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis BP 37, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère Tunisia Email: [email protected] Moez Kallel Laboratoire de Modélisation et de Simulation Numériques dans les Sciences de l’Ingénieurs Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis BP 37, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère Tunisia Email: moez...

BACKGROUND Although diabetes is recognized as an emerging disease in African and Middle East, few population-based surveys have been conducted in this region. We performed a national survey to estimate the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and to evaluate the relationship between this diagnosis, demographic and socioeconomic variables. METHODS The study was conducted on a random sample of 6...

Pulmonary hydatid cysts in children are a significant public health problem in Tunisia. While hepatic cysts are the most common in adult pathology, the lung is the number one location for hydatid cysts in children which causes a serious problem due to lack of standardized therapeutic strategy. We reported our experience in diagnosis and management of pulmonary hydatid cysts in a pediatric depar...

Background: Toxoplasmosis is one of the most important food-borne diseases distributed worldwide. In order to determinate the involvement of poultry meat in clinical toxoplasmosis, this study aimed to genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in tissue samples of serologically positive chickens of Tunisia using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Methods: Trail of isolation of local T. gondii...